The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has emerged as one of the regions most consistently impaired in
major depressive disorder (MDD). Although functional and structural PFC abnormalities …

Depression is linked to deficits in cognitive control and a host of other cognitive impairments
arise as a consequence of these deficits. Despite of their important role in depression, there …

Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced
perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but …

Everyday life is defined by goal states that are continuously reprioritized based on available,
often affective information. To pursue these goals, individuals need to process and maintain …

The substantial individual heterogeneity that characterizes people with mental illness is
often ignored by classical case–control research, which relies on group mean comparisons …

Research traditions on cognition and depression focus on relatively unconnected aspects of
cognitive functioning. On one hand, the neuropsychological perspective has concentrated …

Cognitive theories of depression propose that impaired cognitive control of emotional
material may be involved in the onset, maintenance, and/or recurrence of depression. The …

Effort-based decisions, in which people weigh potential future rewards against effort costs
required to achieve those rewards involve both cognitive and physical effort, though the …

The link between cognitive function and emotion regulation may be helpful in better
understanding the onset, maintenance, and treatment for depression. However, it remains …

Previous work has demonstrated that cognitive control can be influenced by affect, both
when it is tied to the anticipated outcomes for cognitive performance (integral affect) and …